Loyola University Maryland

Peace and Justice

Faculty & Staff

The steering committee assists the director in guiding the programming of the Office of Peace and Justice. Members of the steering committee are:

  • Jane Satterfield, Professor of Writing
  • Dr. Michelle Gawerc, Associate Professor of Sociology
  • Dr. Catriona Hanley, Associate Professor of Philosophy

Faculty from over fifteen Loyola departments teach courses in the minor curriculum.

If you have an interest in peace and justice studies or would like to share ideas on programming, please do not hesitate to email Heidi Shaker at hsbrown@loyola.edu.

Dr. Blum
Richard Blum T. J. Higgins, S.J., Chair in Philosophy (emeritus)

Areas of focus: Philosophical roots of slavery, Human rights abuse

Headshot of Kerry Boeye
Kerry Boeye Program Coordinator of Art History, Associate Professor of Art History

Area of focus: African American art

Rick Boothby
Richard Boothby Professor of Philosophy

Areas of focus: Psychoanalysis, Psychological roots of peace/war

Martin Camper
Martin Camper Associate Professor of Writing

Areas of focus: Disagreement theory, Civic discourse, Rights rhetoric

Dr. David Carey Jr.
David Carey Doehler Chair in History, Professor of History

Area of focus: El Salvador

Daniel Castillo
Daniel Castillo Associate Professor of Theology

Areas of focus: Liberation theology, Ecological theology

Elizabeth Dahl
Elizabeth Dahl Associate Professor of Chemistry

Areas of focus: Global environment

Dougherty
John Dougherty Assistant Professor of Economics
Rebekah
Rebekah Eklund Department Chair of Theology, Associate Professor of Theology

Area of focus: Forgiveness and justice in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Scripture

Juniper Ellis
Juniper Ellis Professor of English

Areas of focus: Postcolonial literature, Justice in Jesuit higher education

Gawerc
Michelle Gawerc Associate Professor of Sociology

Areas of focus: Conflict and peacebuilding, Social movements, Israel/Palestine

Melissa Girard
Melissa Girard Assistant Professor of English

Area of focus: English

Nina Guise-Gerrity
Nina Guise-Gerrity Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy

Areas of focus: Politics and society

Fuat Gursozlu
Fuat Gürsözlü Associate Professor of Philosophy

Areas of focus: Political philosophy, Human rights, Democracy

Selin Gursozlu
Selin Gürsözlü Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy

Area of focus: Ethics of race and gender

Dr. Guttman
Sondra Guttman Assistant Teaching Professor of English

Area of focus: African American literature

Catriona Hanley
Catriona Hanley Associate Professor of Philosophy

Areas of focus: Philosophy of peace, Metaphysical roots of war, Levinas

Hendrick
Joshua Hendrick Associate Professor of Sociology

Areas of focus: Sociology of human rights, Religious political identity

Dr. Margarita Jacome
Margarita Jácome Associate Professor of Spanish

Area of focus: Colombia

Kiess
John Kiess Associate Professor of Theology

Areas of focus: Moral theology, Peace studies, Ethics of war

Dr. Amanda Konradi arms folded in a purple sweater.
Amanda Konradi Department Chair of Sociology, Associate Professor of Sociology

Areas of focus: Gender, Justice, Criminal law

Andrea Leary
Andrea Leary Assistant Teaching Professor of Writing

Areas of focus: Civic literacy, Service-learning

Jessica Locke
Jessica Locke Associate Professor of Philosophy

Areas of focus: Ethics, Philosophical writings from and about prison

Headshot of Jon Malis
Jonathan Malis Program Coordinator of Photography, Associate Professor of Photography

Area of focus: Photojournalism in war and peace

Thomas McCreight
Thomas McCreight Associate Professor of Classics

Area of focus: Peace and war in the ancient world

Okoh
Oghenetoja Okoh Assistant Professor of History

Area of focus: Gender and power in modern Africa

Bernadette
Bernadette Roche Associate Professor of Biology

Areas of focus: Environmental studies, Sustainability

Terre Ryan
Terre Ryan Associate Professor of Writing

Areas of focus: Environmental studies, Sustainability

Willeke Sandler
Willeke Sandler Associate Professor of History

Areas of focus: Nazi Germany, Holocaust

Jane Satterfield
Jane Satterfield Professor of Writing

Areas of focus: Writing about trauma, Crisis, War and peace

Mary Kate Schneider
Mary Kate Schneider Director of Global Studies, Lecturer of Political Science
Heidi Shaker
Heidi Shaker Associate Professor of French/Director, Office of Peace and Justice

Areas of focus: Trauma studies, Rwandan genocide, Algerian War

Wendy Smith
Wendy Smith Professor Emeritus in the School of Education

Areas of focus: Literacy, Peace education, Children’s literature

Jim Snow
James Snow Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy

Areas of focus: Philosophy, Genocide

Yu Zhang
Yu Stearns Associate Professor of Chinese

Area of focus: Gender, Peace, and Justice in East Asia

Kaye Whitehead
Karsonya Whitehead Professor of Communication, Professor of African American Studies

Areas of focus: African American studies, Social movements